Tile



Aug. 3 192s. 1,594,387

C. L. STUBBS TILE Filed Feb. 25, 1924 INVENTOR. L g- 6 0. L.Stubb8- m/ \E BY O 4 k ATTORNEY-S Patented Aug. 35, till ll l il i CHARLES L. STU'BBS, G AKRGN, OHIO.

TILE.

App1ication filed February The present invention relates to tile or brick, and has for its object to provide an object of this character which embodies novel features of construction, whereby adjrcent or superposed rows of the tile or brick will be held in a properly spaced re lation so 'that mortar or cement can be caused to flow or be distributed unitorn'ily between the same.

l urther objects of the invention are to provide a brick or tile of this character which is comparatively simple and inexpensive in its construction, which can be handied in the same way as ordinary tile or brick, and which may also be provided with means tor obtaining a firm bond with underlying; cement or mortar.

F or a fuller understanding of the invention reference is to behad to the following description and accompanying lrawings, in which,

Figure l is a perspective view of a tile which is constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan View oi a slig l'itly modified form oi title.

Figure is a similar view showing a further modification.

Figure l is a view of several adjacent rows oi? the tile which have been loosel; assembled, showing the manner in which the side lugs of the tiles operate to hold the tiles of adj cent rows in a uniformly spaced relation.

Figures 5 and 6 are plan views showing further modifications oi the invention.

l1 igures 7 and 8 are views of the opposite sides of a. tile showing another modification of the invention.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to throughout the following specification and indicated on all 01" the views of the drawings by like reference characters.

On all of the various figures of the drawing the reference character A designates the body portion oi a tile which may be of any conventional size or shape, and may be formed of any suitable material. The tiles are ordinarilyrectangular in shape, substan tially as illustrated, and such tiles can be readily assembled in adjacent rows when using them as a facing tor a floor or wall, either for interior or exterior work. The tile A of Figure 1 is shown as provided at the back thereof with a pair of diverging wings 1, which have a width corresponding 5, 1924. Serial No. 694,886.

to that of the tile and are adapted to be embedded in the cement or other plastic material so to obtain a 'firm bond between the tile and the d cement. One face of the tile is provided with a series of laterally projccting spacing lugs 2 which may be of any desired shape, and if desired, the edges of the wings I may also be provided with lugs When the tiles A are assembled in a series of adjacentrows, as indicated by Figure a, the lugs 2 projecting from the tiles of each row will engage the tiles of an adjacent row, so that the several rows of tile will be held in a properly spaced relation. This assures a uniform a rd even spacing, between adjas do cent rows of the tiles and, if desired, the

tiles can be lo .iely assembled in this manner and the plastic cementor mortar poured between the same.

A slight modification is shown by F i 'ure 'i whicn the back oi? the title is pr- KlGCl ch a dovetail shaped projection if which n J l is adapted to become nriniy inter ockeo with a cement or mortar backing and cause til. to be firmly anchored in place.

Figure 3 illustrates a further slight inedithe lication in which the .iCli of the tile is provided with a substan iy cylindrical projection 1 which has an opening extending axially through the same. This member 1 will become embedded in the Cupestle inateiial used as a backing tile and the plastic'inaterial will also ente' the opening 2 so that the tile will be firmly anchored or bonded in position.

Figure 5 shows a further modification in which the rear face of the tile is provided with a dovetail shaped recess 1. The

cement or plastic material used as barking for the tile will. enter this recess and become interlocked with the undercut sides thereof, with the result that the tie will be firmly bonded or anchored in position.

in the modification shown by Figure (5 the back oil the tile provided with a knob which is connected thereto by a r duced neck portion 3. This knob will embed itself in the cement or plastic material which is used as a backing for the tile and interlock therewith so that the tile will be securely bonded in position.

All of the different forms of the invention which have thus been described are provided, the spacing lugs 2 projecting from one side of the tile, so that when the tiles are assembled in adjacent or superposed rows, as in- 11 what re by e been. the

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